[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 6]
[House]
[Pages 8324-8325]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY STATEMENT

  Pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives, the following statements are submitted regarding the 
specific powers granted to Congress in the Constitution to enact the 
accompanying bill or joint resolution.

            By Mr. HUNTER:
       H.R. 2593.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution.
            By Mr. FITZPATRICK:
       H.R. 2594.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1
            By Ms. SPEIER:
       H.R. 2595.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to 
     Congress under Article 1, Section 8 of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. O'ROURKE:
       H.R. 2596.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution:
       To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for 
     carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other 
     Powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the 
     United States, or in any Department or Office thereof.
            By Mr. ELLISON:
       H.R. 2597.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 4 of the Constitution of the 
     United States, which states that Congress shall have the 
     power to ``establish a uniform Rule of Naturalization.''
            By Mr. CARBAJAL:
       H.R. 2598.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Constitutional authority in which this bill rests is 
     the power of the Congress to regulate commerce, as enumerated 
     by Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania:
       H.R. 2599.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3; and including, but not 
     solely limited to Article I, Section 8, Clause 14.
            By Mr. YOUNG of Iowa:
       H.R. 2600.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States
            By Mr. DUNN:
       H.R. 2601.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Constitutional Authority on which this Bill rests is 
     the power of Congress to make all law which are nessescary 
     and proper pursuant to Article I, Section 8, Clause 14 of the 
     United States Constitution.
            By Ms. TITUS:
       H.R. 2602.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Amendment XIII
       Section 1, ``Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, 
     except as punishment for crime whereof the party shall have 
     been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or 
     any place subject to their jurisdiction.''
       Section 2, ``Congress shall have power to enforce this 
     article by appropriate legislation.''
            By Mr. GOHMERT:
       H.R. 2603.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1 Section 8 Clause 18
            By Mr. BROOKS of Alabama:
       H.R. 2604.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1 Section 8
            By Mr. GOODLATTE:
       H.R. 2605.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3
            By Mr. COLE:
       H.R. 2606.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to Article I, Section 8 which 
     grants Congress the power to regulate Commerce with the 
     Indian Tribes.
       This bill is enacted pursuant to Article II, Section 2, 
     Clause 2 in order the enforce treaties made between the 
     United States and several Indian Tribes.
            By Mr. CURBELO of Florida:
       H.R. 2607.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, clause 3
            By Mr. FOSTER:
       H.R. 2608.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 3
            By Mr. GRAVES of Missouri:
       H.R. 2609.

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       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3
       ``Congress shall have the power to regulate commerce with 
     foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the 
     Indian Tribes''
       The management of the Missouri river by the Army Corps of 
     Engineers directly impacts commerce. The river is a source of 
     barge traffic carrying a variety of goods.
            By Mr. HASTINGS:
       H.R. 2610.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       U.S. Constitution Article I Section 8
            By Mr. HILL:
       H.R. 2611.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.
            By Mr. LEWIS of Georgia:
       H.R. 2612.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to 
     Congress under Article I of the United States Constitution 
     and its subsequent amendments, and further clarified and 
     interpreted by the Supreme Court of the United States.
            By Mrs. McMORRIS RODGERS:
       H.R. 2613.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2
       The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all 
     needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or 
     other Property belonging to the United States; and nothing in 
     this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any 
     Claims of the United States, or of any particular State.
            By Mr. McNERNEY:
       H.R. 2614.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. PALAZZO:
       H.R. 2615.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, Sec. 3, Clause 2 (relating to the power of 
     Congress to dispose of and make all needful rules and 
     regulations respecting the territory or other property 
     belonging to the United States.)
            By Mr. SCHRADER:
       H.R. 2616.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       U.S. Const. art. 1, Sec. 8, cl. 12;
       U.S. Const. art. 1, Sec. 8, cl. 14;
       U.S. Const. art. 1, Sec. 8, cl. 16;

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